Russia terminated its export targets at the end of May 2024, opting instead to restrict production, in line with its partners in the OPEC+ oil producers’ group.
Lenovo, like most electronics manufacturers, has sited most of its plants in China,
creating potential vulnerability from president-elect Trump's promise to impose 60% tariffs on Chinese imports.
In June 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul called off an earlier version of the congestion pricing plan just two weeks before it was supposed to go into effect.
The government may be forced to intervene in the strike, as it has done with recent port strikes, given the importance of the postal carrier to the economy.